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Re: shredder

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Kiernan <kkiernan@home.com>
To: Joe & Patti Maska <jpmaska@megsinet.net>
Cc: Sqft gardening <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: shredder


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>has anyone used an electric shredder successful?  Don't they make
>larger, more powerful ones?
>
>We have a gas powered shredder from Sears as well.  It has worked
>beautifully, except for one problem.  It requires maintenance, something
>I know nothing about automotively speaking.  If you do have a gas
>shredder make sure you at least start it up once a month, for if you
>don't, the thing quits working.  It was quite expensive to get it
>working again.  The repair man said that the gasoline goes bad in them
>and the carburetors (I think) get plugged up unless you run the engine
>at least once a month.

My shredder is made with a carburetor cut off switch that cuts off the gas
supply to the carburetor, which is then allowed to run dry. I turn the
simple switch at the end of every shredding session, so there is never gas
in the carburetor during storage.....

You might be able to retrofit your machine with such a switch in the gas
line to the carburetor; or, use small amounts of gas and run the machine dry
from the gas tank, which would also work, but less conveniently...

HTH,

Frank


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